I nearly forgot to mention it, but three glossy printed magazines arrived in the post yesterday and reminded me: October’s issue of IEEE Spectrum Magazine, the flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, contains two pieces of my photography. The pictures support an article by Eric Guizzo about the contraptors of steampunk, almost all of whom are personal friends of mine, and real bang-up guys. It’s a very well-written article, and surprisingly enough, gently touches on all the backlash steampunk has received since slamming head-first into the mainstream’s radar this year:
Steampunk fans regarded the criticism as pointless. What’s wrong, they asked, with some Victorian-era fans who enjoy building stuff, adding that the movement does strive to find a deeper ideology. “If you can imagine another world, it can allow you to creatively confront the challenges of the present,” says John “Manyjohns” Shamberg, a member of Kinetic Steam Works, a San Francisco Bay Area arts group, whose creations include a 10-meter-high steampunk tree house.
Seriously, you do not front on the guy with the giant treehouse and the Victorian mansion on wheels. You do not. 
Well done, IEEE! Read the article here and see the photo gallery here.
I should also mention that working with the IEEE was absolutely painless and they more than fairly compensated me for my contribution. It’s really lovely to work with professionals.
Only remotely off-topic: Jake von Slatt is coming to visit us Seattle folks tomorrow, and I couldn’t be more pleased about getting to spend election night with people like him–people who are actively making our country (and our internet) a more whimsical, intriguing, and functional place. Three cheers for all of my scheming and dreaming maker pals!
